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More now on the IT specialists who say the technical review of the school payroll system, Novopay, indicates panic and strange practices at the company behind the system, Talent2. Audio

Derrick Adams is the head HEB Construction which employed George Taiaroa. Audio

Police investigating the extraordinary shooting of a roadworker doing traffic control, can't yet say if the victim knew his killer or whether it was a random attack. Audio

A Central North Island mayor is wading in to the fight over oil drilling near Dannevirke, on the side of the prospecters, saying local opponents do not represent the whole community. Audio

Just three months after 20 children and 6 teachers died in a US primary school massacre, a plan to ban assault weapons is being abandoned by Democrat lawmakers. Audio

The head of Maori studies at Auckland University, Margaret Mutu, says the Race Relations Commissioner has to acknowledge what she describes as racism against Maori; In an unusal move, the whanau of a… Read more Audio

An elderly woman has walked out of the museum in Arrowtown with an art work she brazenly took off the wall, carefully folded and put in her bag. Audio

Former world squash champion Dame Susan Devoy has been appointed to take over as Race Relations Commissioner even though she admits she doesn't have a wealth of experience in race relations. Audio

IT specialists say the technical review of the school payroll system, Novopay, indicates panic and crazy practices at the company behind the system, Talent2. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The Solicitor-General is appealing the home detention sentence for a man who mugged an 81 year old Auckland woman, tackling her to the ground and breaking her hip. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio